On file, Hazel’s parents were said to have been residing in their family holiday cottage in a quiet countryside. It would have passed off as an innocuous choice if that countryside hadn’t been Itam - the place where Monica Upshaw was found dead.

Upon hacking the Land Office’s records, they also found that the Robinsons owned three other cottages in remote locations, one of them being Jagah, though the far end of Jagah from where Catrine Carter was later found.

After several mavericks confirmed the information, Greg mused, “Really confident or really idiotic to have the properties registered under their actual names.”

“I’d say the former,” Kenji offered numbly. “They...